Means for forming labels and the like on wooden containers and the like



April 2, 1.929.

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Filed Aug. 2, 1926 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 April 2, 1929. w. c.

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lEANs ron PORNING LABELS AND THE LIKE 0N vlooDEN CONTAINERS AND THE LIKEFiled Aug; 2. 1926 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 j VV. C//drz HAR-r 1,707,855 lPatented Apr.l 2, `1929.

PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM CLIFTONIIART, F ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA.

MEANS FOR FORMING LABELS AND THE LIKE 0N WOODEN CONTAINERS AND THE LIKE.

Application led August 2, 1926, Serial N0. 126,623, and in AustraliaSeptember 7, 1925.

This invention has for its object the for Imation of labels, designs,symbols and the like on wooden case ends or sides and/or woodencontainers and the like and method and means for applying same.

The invention relates to the lformation of labels, symbols, designs andthe like on wooden case ends or sides or wooden containers and the likeby indenting the label or design in the material of which the case orcontainer ismade, and at the same time colouring same in one or multicolours, by means of, preferably, a raised type high design made ofsuitable materials such as zinc plate brass or an alloy. The designbeing so made and adjustable that its surfaces are coloured in one ormore colours as desired, the colour or any number of them being impartedto the imprint of the design or label at one and the sameoperation. Thedepth of the imprint of the design on the case end or container is soregulated, that any depth of imprint with the raised high type surfacesmay be easily acquired as hereinafter described.

The essential features embodied in the invention are substantially asfollows (a) The arrangement of a cylinder carrying a design orV labeland disposingpreferably above theA said cylinder a further cylinderhaving attached to its circumferential surface thel inkor colourdistributing; device or devices for colouring the label or designsituated on the lower cylinder, before the coloured imprint is given tocase or container ends (b) The suitable Y absorbent material such asfelt, chamois or cloth and the like, which may be in the form ofpads andwhichl are adjustably andrdetachably held to a cylinder disposed so thatthe said pads contact with the distributing pad on a cylinder disposedabove the roller carrying the printing means, said cylinder or rollerbeing the lowermostof the set. Y (c) The provision of means forobtaining any desired depth of imprint to the label or design on thewooden case or container ends by making the lower or printing cylinderad- Yjustable by suitable means such as springs to yenable it vto easilyadapt itself to any unevenness of the article which it is desired tolabel use of colouring means of anyv or imprint, and also the different.sizes or depths of the various materials which are to be labelled,orthe lower or printing cylinder may be stationary, in which case theplatform or table or portion thereof such as a floatlng panel over whichthe material passes when im rinting or labelling will be adjustable, sot at the raising or lowering of this platform or floating panel has thesame effect as in lowering or raising the lower cylinder containingV thedesign, that is, altering the depth of the label imprint and at the sametime accommodating thercylinder to the thicknessY or depth ofthe articlepassed under it. y

(d) Divisioning or dividing the colouring pads, attached tothe up ercylinder, in order that'inulticolours may e imprinted at one and thesame operation, instead of as is in vogue at the present time, where saythree colours are to be printed, and furthermore, the divisioning orzoning of these colour pads may be accomplished in any practical way inY order to conform to those various portions of the label or imprintdesired to be rvariously coloured, for example, the contents of a cas orcontainer may be in two colours, the manufacturers name in say threecolours, and his place, street or city or State of manufacture having adifferent colour for each word.

e) Forming the wall of each cylinder with perforations in order that thecolour pads may be' fed by suitably designed receptacles situated insidethe cylinder and having their attachments to said' colour pads passinthrough any ofthe perforations and alixe thereto by `suitable means togive them more stability. An additional advantage of the perforations inthe colour pad cylinder isthat the colouring pads may be more easilyattached to the cylinder, and more readily ad- `justable if out ofalignment with that portion of the lower cylinder label or to becoloured. The Vcolour pads of the upper cylinder and-the label design ofthe lower one, `may f be attached to these cylinders by projectionspassing from them through the perforations and fastened inside thecylinder by any suitable means.

In order tomore readily understandthe invention reference will now bemadeto the accompanying drawings in which Figure l is a viewin sideelevationof a ing means for supplying the pads with ink. y Figurel 7 isa Idetaill view showing alterna-V tive means for allowing differentthicknesses of material passing through the machine, and

Figure V8 is a view of the printing roller. According to this inventiona table is supported upon legs 6' adapted for bolting or otherwiseaffixing to the iioor or a suitable foundation,

The table 5 has vertical arms 7 mounted o bars 8 the whole being'horizontally adjustable on the table 5 by providing slots 9 thereon, theadjustment being necessary to permit boards of various Awidths being fedto the printing rollers. Y

The printing means comprises rollers 10, 11, 12mounted on spindlescarried in the supy ports'13, 14.

Mounted on the spindle 15 of the roller 11 is a toothed wheel 16,meshing with a pinion 17 on the spindle 18, said pinion 17 meshing witha toothed wheel 19 on the spindle 20, a pinion 21 meshing with thetoothed Whel 19.

Thel spindle 22 of the pinion21 carries a roller 23 which is formedcentrally of its length to receive a chain 24 which y passes about atoothed Wheel 25 at the feeding end of the machine. v

' The surface 5a of the table 5 is provided with a slot 26 in which thechain 24 moves and Y the table surface 5"L is cut away as at 27 topermit portion of the roller 23 to pass slightly above the surface ofsaid table, whilst the chain 24 also projects slightly above the surface5a of said table.

lThe object of the chai-n 24 isto feed the the extension.

The whole of the apparatus is operated by the motor`32, the operation ofwhich moves the toothed wheel 30 and pinion 28 on the spindle 178-v theco-axial pinion 17 moving therewith and in turn moving the toothedwheels 16 and 19 and pinionl 21 which causes the chain feed device tomove in the required direction, whilst a toothed Wheel 16EL meshinOrwith the toothed wheel 16 turns the toothed Wheel 161 onthe spindle 16?of the roller 12.

Disposed forwardly of the roller 11 is a buffer 35 which is in line withthe vertical arms-'7, the said buferbeing adapted to retain the boards 7a in position preparatory to moving one' at atime tothe rollers, and aseach board is carried forwardly by the chain 24 the remaining boardssettle down by their owny weight when the next board Vis carried throughand so on.

The roller 11 is the printing roller, the roll- Y er 10, thedistributing roller, and the roller 12 the inkingroller, and l will nowvdescribe the inking roller 12. 'i

This roller is a perforated cylinder carried on the spindle 16c and isadapted to carry the supply of ink or like iiuid in the differentcolours which ultimately form the design which will be according to therequirements of the packer. v fr- The colours are held in receptacles 36which are .detachably and ad] ustably disposed inside the cylinder 12, afilling portion being fitted to said receptacles and a non-return orball valve 878 between the pad 39 and i y the receptacle 36. which isadapted to arevent the colour fluid passing to the inliing pad toorapidly, such ball valve acting a regulating means. y

The inkinsurface 40 may be composed of any suitable material such aschamois, felt and the like and is held in a curved plate 41 detachablyand adjustably held to the cylinder 12 by means of plates 42 held to thecylinder 12 by means of bolts 43 which pass through the perforations 44and it is Vpreferred to make the plates adjustable by forming'slots 45therein in order to provideV for various sized inlrin'g padsr j i Thepads 40fhaving the necessary design thereon are saturated by 'colouringfrom the receptaclesjt and the designis then trans'- lferred from thesaid pads 40 to the distributing roller 10 which is partly surfacedwitha resilient pad 46 which receives the design in colour from the saidpad 40. l Y y The resilient pad 46 picks'up only a very .thin film ofinkor like material from the pads 40 and as thecylinderor roller 10continues to revolve the colour is then imparted to the printing roller11 carrying the particular design to be'transferred to the boards 7 a asthey pass through the machine l The design is preferably out in metaland is of the type highvariety so that aV certain I lindentation isgiven the design on the boards with the colour set out in any mannersuitable to the packer'. Y

The designs on the printing roller 11 are preferably disposed betweenrings 47-48 which act also as a guide for the boards 7a and preventsthem from Wandering thereby ensuring the saidv boards being uniformlybranded.

The distance between the rollers 10 and 11 may be adjusted by means oft-he screws as 48 operated by the hand Wheels as 49, and if necessarysimilar raising or lowering means may be used in connection with thedistance between the roller 11 and the surface of the table 5.

If necessary also the table may be mounted so that it will rise and fallaccording to the varying thicknesses of boards being used, and thiscould be obtained by providing a floating panel 50 in the table top,said panel being retained by means of studs 51 surrounded by springs 52which would permit the said panel 50 rising and falling as the boardspassed between it and the printing roller 11.

In carrying the invention into practical effect, the boards 7 a arestacked between the arms 7 as shown in Figure 1.

Upon starting the motor 32 the gears 17-16--19--21-16a and 16b areoperated together with the cylinders or rollers 10, 11, 12 and feedingchain 24.

The lowermost board is moved forwardly by means of the chain 24 untilsaid board meets the printing roller 11 when said board, during theprinting operation, passes between said roller 11 and the roller 23.

As the printing proceeds the board passes out to the rea-r of themachine to be followed by the next board, the operation beingcontinuous, for as one board moves forwardly the next board drops downand passes to the printing roller 11.

The ink or colour containers or receptacles 36 will require replenishingfrom time to time and this will necessitate stopping the machine, but ifthe colour containers 36 are of substantial proportions the replenishing0peration need only be infrequently performed.

The design to he imparted to a boa-rd may be built up of a number ofcolour arrangements to suit the taste of the packer and furthermore thesaid design may be divisioned so that any particular portion thereof maybe in one colour andthe other in another colour to form a contrast.

What I claim as vmy invention and desire to Secure by Letters Patent isi 1. VIn means for forming labels and the like on wooden containers andthe like, a perforated cylinder for holding a colour inking devicedetachably and adj ustably to thecylinder, said means consisting ofl avcurved colour device formed to correspond to the radius of the cylinder,bolts extending through any selected group of perforations in saidcylinder, said bolts engaging slotted plateson the colour device, theends of which plates distant from the slot are adapted to engage withthe colour device substantially as described.

2. In means for forming labels and the like on wooden containers andthelike, a cylinder, an inking pad arranged on said cylinder, means forsupplying colour liquid to said pad, said means comprising containersconnected to the pad, said containers being disposed within thecylinder, and a ball valve for controlling passage of liquid from thecontainers to'said pad for the purposes specified.

Signed at Adelaide, State of South Australia, Australia, thistwenty-fifth day of June, 1926.

WILLIAM CLIFTON HART.

